Table 2.
Comparisons of the mean (median) operative time between consecutive groups of mTKA and raTKA groups (subgroups of tens)
| Consecutive groups of cases | Operative time (mins) | p value@ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mTKA | raTKA | ||
| Mean | Mean | ||
| 1–10 | 68.50 | 96.50 | < 0.001 |
| 11–20 | 72.00 | 87.50 | 0.011 |
| 21–30 | 70.50 | 89.00 | 0.001 |
| 31–40 | 70.50 | 87.50 | 0.029 |
| 41–50 | 66.50 | 81.00 | 0.004 |
| 51–60 | 65.50 | 76.00 | 0.023 |
| 61–70 | 66.50 | 78.50 | 0.035 |
| Sliding window | |||
| 62–71 | 66.50 | 75.50 | 0.063 |
| 63–72 | 66.00 | 73.00 | 0.190 |
| 64–73 | 68.00 | 74.00 | 0.280 |
| 65–74 | 66.50 | 75.00 | 0.075 |
| 66–75 | 67.50 | 74.00 | 0.190 |
| 67–76 | 68.00 | 75.00 | 0.143 |
| 68–77 | 68.50 | 74.00 | 0.280 |
| 69–78 | 69.50 | 74.00 | 0.436 |
| 70–79 | 69.50 | 71.00 | 0.796 |
| 71–80 | 68.50 | 68.50 | 0.971 |
| 81–90 | 66.00 | 71.00 | 0.247 |
| 91–100 | 68.00 | 66.50 | 0.853 |
mTKA Manual total knee arthroplasty, raTKA Robotic total knee arthroplasty
@Tests were performed using the Mann–Whitney test